Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FIA World Endurance Championships Highlights From TotalEnergies 6 Hours of SPA – Wheel To Wheel Racing Action

Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championships was held at SPA, aka Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and did not disappoint. This is an epic race track, and the action here is always great,...

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Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: First Cameras Allowed in Toyota’s GR Factory: Minimal robots & More Humans

This is a cool episode of Capturing Car Culture if you are like us and love to see factory and how its made videos. I’ve been on several automotive assembly plant tours and can tell you that...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 1 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Needs Some Love!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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LIVE Road Racing: Sebring International Raceway GT America powered by AWS 2026

We’ve got more racing action from Sebring to share folks, so buckle up if you want to watch GT America presented by AWS. We’ll have both Saturday and Sunday’s races, so check them...

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Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Michigan: The BangShift Photos

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – I’m not sure if I should thank Bob Chiluk for these great photos from the recent Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car event in Michigan or if I should offer...

Racing Action Gallery From USCA Michigan – Attacking The Cones And The Banking At Michigan International Speedway

(Images By RideTech Mike and RideTech Amanda) – It was another barn burner of an Optima Ultimate Street Car Association Event and this time the action was happening at Michigan International...

Sammy Swindell Retires Abruptly From Sprint Car Racing – Dirt Legend’s Accomplishments Are Nearly Beyond Belief

When the book of greatest American race car drivers is written someday, Sammy Swindell will have his own chapter and it’ll be and exceptional read. Yesterday, Swindell announced that he was...

Don’t Touch My Dart – Dodge’s New Ad Campaign Is Hilarious And We Have ‘Em All Right Here

We like it when a car company allows creative people to run with good ideas. Dodge has been all over this recently. They had the highly successful Durango campaign that tied into the Anchorman movie...

2014 Oak Tree Grand Prix Action – TUDOR United Sports Car Series Machines Attacking Virginia International Raceway

(Photos by David Whealon) – You’ve seen David Whealon’s name on the pages of BangShift before as he’s a super talented photographer who catches the action at ECTA meets,...

This Is Incredible Footage Of A GP3 Car Taking Flight And Crashing At Spa In Belgium Last Weekend – Driver Is OK

There are times when aerodynamics actually become the enemy of a racer…event in a car that relies heavily on them. Case in point is this video which was taken at the awesome Spa course in...

Watch In Car Video Of A Lamborghini Race Car Taking Flight And The Driver Handling It Like A Boss

This is some amazing footage from Slovakia of all places featuring a balls out Lamborghini race car taking flight! The situation could have ended in complete catastrophe but the driver and some luck...

Do You Care If The Toyota Prius Even Made A Lap Of The ‘Ring? They Do

I’m hard-pressed to think of a car that I give less of a (….) about than the Toyota Prius. The epitome of “appliance automobile”, the Prius is about everything that BangShift...

This Artistic, Slow-Motion, And Riveting Look At The 24 Hours Of The Nurburgring Is Worth A Watch

It is always neat when a company has the presence of mind to actually invest in media and projects that their customers will actually enjoy checking out. Nitto tires has done this by supporting the...

Testing Begins On All New 2015 Factory Right Hand Drive Mustang – 25 New Global Markets To Get Iconic Pony Car

We know that you were thinking the same thing we were when our eyes first saw this release. “Boy this thing would make a bitchin’ postal delivery vehicle!” While we’re sure...

Smokey’s Last Stand: How Smokey Yunick Proved Himself Right And Ended His Indy Career On His Own Awesome Terms

There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...

They Nearly Stole The Show: How The Gray Ghost 1964 Pontiac Tempest Nearly Humiliated Factory Teams In Trans-Am Circa 1971

There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...

Watch this Hemi ‘Cuda Tear Around The Nurburgring Nordschliefe From Inside The Car!

Hemi ‘Cuda, Nurburgring Nordschliefe…I’ll take “Things that are so good that they are feared” for $1000, Alex. The Nurburgring Nordschliefe is the “Green...

Racing Carnage: Watch As This Chevy Monza Racer Loses A Wheel At Laguna Seca

Historic class racing is a great way to watch older race cars make a good run on tracks. It brings back memories to those who grew up with those cars, and for those who didn’t, it’s a...